As an Alaskan mom I often ask myself this question when it comes to winter activities. On average it takes about 20 minutes to get both the girls and myself ready to go play outside in the winter. And how long do we actually spend outside?… hmmm… on a good day, maybe 25 minutes. Then […]
Author: Ty
Just another mushy blog from the wife & mom…
So I’m pretty sure I don’t totally understand the whole concept of blogging and what it’s all for… so forgive me if I don’t necessarily follow the right blogging etiquette. The last time I tried to blog I uploaded 26 pictures (which didn’t end up loading correctly, and why not?) and Ty informed me that […]
Silence Is Not Always Golden
This afternoon we laid the biggest little shenanigan down for a nap like usual. (Intentional emphasis…) Today, as she some times does, little miss got out of bed and started playing with some of the toys in her room. This doesn’t really bother us that much, and after 15 minutes she usually crawls back into bed […]
Christmas Parties 2008
As I alluded to in my Christmas 2008 post, here is the official Christmas party entry. The first party that we made it to was on Christmas eve at Dave and Susie Knudsen’s house. Long time family friends / neighbors and also the parents of my sisters brother-in-law. (Not to mention that they’re also the in-laws of Niki’s former room […]
Nya Turns Two
I kind of feel sorry for her. Three days after Christmas isn’t likely to be the most ideal, or lucrative, time of year to have a birthday. It’s not like she had a lot of say in the matter. Also knowing us there’s probably always going to be a Christmas tree in some of the […]
Christmas 2008
What a fun day! It was a little tough waking up after a whopping four hours of sleep, but once Niki made us some coffee from her new cappuccino machine (early christmas present), we were good to go. We started the day off with a little coloring. Then moved straight into the presents. With the real tree […]
Private Party
Last night was our annual church Christmas party and we didn’t go… We weren’t avoiding the sublime snacks, congenial company, or fabulous fun. It’s just not exactly easy when your cheeky children’s normal nannies are also participating in the party. That conundrum coupled with twelve toilsome hours of work on top of five fruitless hours of sleep […]
Tuesday In Pictures
We had a nice lazy day at the house today so I took the opportunity to play with my camera a bit and capture some fun pics to share. Hope you enjoy! (It’s a little lengthy.) First things I saw when I looked out the window were a moose in the yard and a nice […]
2008 Tree Adventure
On Nov. 29th all four of us jumped into the rhino and got our first family tree! I didn’t know it was going to be so much fun, we’ll definitely be making a tradition of it. It sure beats an hour and a half of fluffing fake branches and the associated raw fingers. Those of you […]
I’m A Rebel
It’s here! Christmas came early for me this year and I got a Canon Rebel XSi. I’m super stoked to have a nice camera to get a little more artsy in my photographs and step up the quality a notch. That being said, I know that equipment is only a small part of actually taking […]